Swire Pacific – whose high-profile assets include Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways, Swire Properties and Swire Coca-Cola – logged a record first-half profit during the first six months of the year, with the company’s investment also hitting a new high. The Hong Kong-based conglomerate posted a recurring underlying profit of HK$6.96 billion (US$887 million) for the first half of 2026, up 48 per cent year on year, it said in a filing with the Hong Kong exchange on Thursday. “We are...